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Jammu, 26th June 2016: Saveonmedicals.com, an integrated online Healthcare aggregator, launched its first “SaveOnMedicals Experience Center” in Jammu today. The SaveOnMedicals Centre would showcase an array of innovative Healthcare services that are otherwise available online through the www.SaveOnMedicals.Com site that are transforming the healthcare industry. The online portal helps customers to save on astronomically high medical finances and offers wholesome health services that include an online pharmacy and video consultation with reputed doctors.

At the inauguration event, the Chief Guest Mr. Kavinder Gupta – Speaker, Jammu & Kashmir Assembly said – “Technology in healthcare will help bring access to better medical facilities to the state of Jammu & Kashmir. SaveOnMedicals is bringing access to more than 100 specialist doctors of major hospitals like Max Hospital, BLK Hospital, Surrogacy Center of India, Dyslexia Association of India etc. through the use of its Video Consultation Platform. This would help patients in savings costs & time that they otherwise spend on visiting specialists in other states”.

Some children simply love going to school, while others dread it. Fear of getting scolded in the class as well as at home for poor performance in studies is mostly the reason behind children avoiding school, later on, all social gatherings. What teachers and parents sometimes fail to identify is if the child has any learning disability.

Aloe Vera, also known as ‘Ghrit Kumari’ in Hindi contains more than 200 nutritional contents and is widely used in conventional medicines. Best known for its effects in glowing skin, it is also helpful in general health. It contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids. The key benefits of aloe vera are:

Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce sufficient amounts of a hormone called insulin to process the food eaten by the patient. All the food you eat is converted by your digestive system into glucose, a form of sugar. When the pancreas senses a surge in the glucose levels in your body, it produces adequate amounts of insulin. This insulin carries some of the glucose to your cells so that they can convert it into energy and function. The balance is carried to your muscles and liver to be stored as fat. Because of diabetes, the pancreas is unable to produce enough of the hormone. As a result, the excess sugar continues to circulate in the blood as blood sugar. If left untreated, the disease can affect your organs and cause other problems.

Lifestyle Changes that can Help a Person Delay Old Age Problems–Part 1

(Dealing with Possible Heart Problems)

One of the many problems associated with aging is high blood pressure and cholesterol levels that can put you at risk for for heart disease and stroke. Your heart is a very sturdy muscle and beats at a steady rate during rest all through your lifetime. Kids and younger people have a higher heart rate when conducting vigorous physical activity. The heartbeat is an electrical activity that keep blood flowing to the different organs of the body and then back to the heart for diverting to the lungs. Here the blood receives pure oxygen, which is then circulated back to the cells of your body.

Causes for Heart Probelms

In response to the natural process of aging, your heart develops a condition called arteriosclerosis or a hardening of the arteries. The valves in your heart also stiffen and its size may increase. All these factors mean that your heart has to work harder to pump blood and this is blood pressure. A genetic predisposition to high blood pressure can also be a reason why you develop the condition as you age. However, by taking care of your heart and making major lifestyle changes, you can keep it healthy and working well.

Preventing Heart Disease

The best way to protect your heart is to get yourself tested early on so you know if you’re at risk. Check with your doctor and have your blood pressure and cholesterol levels assessed regularly. Work with his/her recommendations and follow these precautions:

High levels of bad cholesterol can lead to a building up of plaque in your arteries. As a result, they narrow down and do not allow the oxygen-rich blood to circulate. An excess buildup can lead to heart attack and stroke. Thus, it is very important that you keep your cholesterol levels under control by regularly taking the medication your doctor prescribes and following a low fat, high-fibre and low-sodium diet.

If you have high blood pressure, make sure you take the prescribed medication on time.

Quit smoking and excessive drinking

Maintain a healthy weight

Exercise regularly (30 minutes of moderately vigorous activity at least 5 times a week should be good for starters)

Avoid stress

If you have diabetes, keep it under control.

Give up your sedentary lifestyle and get moving. Take up a hobby that involves physical efforts.

Study the symptoms of a heart attack or irregular heartbeats and if you sense any of them, see a doctor right away.

By keeping these precautions in mind, you can keep yourself and your loved ones safe from heart problems and lead a full, healthy life.

Chemotherapy drugs are, as a rule, very expensive and well out of the reach of the average middle-class patient. Combined with the costs of testing and radiation, medical care expenses can run over several lakhs of rupees that are not adequately covered by insurance companies. In this scenario, the patient has no choice but to get into debt. But, in today’s times, patients can check the various websites and look for more economical medicines online that have the same composition but are produced by local companies. Under the advice and guidance of their doctor, they can opt for these medicines that are easier on the pocket.

Activities of Indian Drug Price Regulating Agencies

In October 2014, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) removed the price control caps on 108 medicines that also included drugs used to fight cancer. However, beginning in May 2015, 12 important cancer-fighting drugs will be placed under the controlled price list by the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). Accordingly, medicines like Letrozole for breast cancer, Zoledronic acid for multiple myeloma, Erlotinib for lung cancer and nine others will now be more accessible to patients.

India’s Efforts to Control Drug Prices

It is interesting to note, though, that the prices of most of the medicines that are produced by the innovating companies are very expensive as compared to their generic versions. India does not allow any of the international companies to patent their products in the country and this does help in controlling the prices in the country. Further, leading drug companies must have the mandatory licensing to produce the drugs and this allows other manufacturers to create and market generic versions that are more economical.

It is also common knowledge that Gleevec, a drug used for treating leukemia costs $70,000 per patient over a year. But, this medicine costs just $2,500 in India. All these facts and figures indicate that generic drugs are much more economical and just as effective. Accordingly, patients can request their doctor to prescribe the more generic medicines and save on the costs of chemotherapy drugs.